Reiling v. State

JOHN B. TALLY, Circuit Judge.

The issue here is whether, in a criminal case, a carbon copy of a waiver of rights and a photocopy of a confession may be received in evidence, the originals being lost.

Peter Dennis Reiling and two companions were indicted in Covington County Circuit Court for burglary and grand larceny resulting from an April 9, 1974, nighttime breakin at the Andalusia Pharmacy in Andalusia, Alabama.

Leon Riley Cason, one of the three, was arrested near the pharmacy. The other two, James D. Cason and the appellant, escaped to Crestview, Florida, but returned to Andalusia on April…